Black And White Spider Awards Honours Photographer Mark Westerby

Professional photographer Mark Westerby was presented with the 7th Annual Black and White Spider Awards in the category of portraiture at the prestigious awards night. The ceremony was webcast live and was attended by photography fans in 72 countries who logged on to see the climax of the industry’s most important event for black and white photography.

The awards international jury included names from National Geographic, Fratelli Alinari, Heffel Fine Art to the Tate in London.

The Awards Director Basil O’Brien said “Mark has reached an amazing standard to be selected from the 8,223 entries; his work is exceptional and represents photography at its highest level.”

BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS is the leading international award honouring excellence in black and white photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional photographers worldwide and honours the finest images with the highest achievements in black and white photography.

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Spring/Summer Campaign Shoot

We have just finished shooting the Spring/Summer campaign for our fashion/jewellery client 1915, which is a new brand that has been created and launched in Dubai.

The first part of the campaign was shot at the exclusive ‘The Worx’ studios in London and the second half was shot in Dubai.

The campaign launch was in two phases. For the first ‘teaser phase’ we created images of models with super long arms which were empty and accompanied by the headline ‘Our Time is Coming’.

Closer to the launch of the brand the ads and posters changed to reveal the models wearing the collection of watches with the new headline ‘Our Time has Come’

The images were displayed on huge posters across the motorways into Dubai as well as in key fashion magazines.

Mark said: “I really enjoyed the crazy world of Dubai and sampling Arab culture. Everything is big - they have the biggest shopping malls, the tallest buildings and now we have given them the longest arms!”

Best Advertising Awards

Lurzers Archive 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide has been announced. Mark Westerby has had four pieces of work selected for the awards.

The work will go on to feature in the elite book which is only ever produced once every two years.

The final jury consisted of 10 international creatives drawn from New York, London, Berlin, California, China, Paris and Tokyo.

Marks work stood out from a record total of 10,229 submissions sent in from 56 countries.

30,000 copies of the book will be distributed worldwide.

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CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY NOMINATE BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHER MARK WESTERBY AT 5TH ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP

Professional photographer Mark Westerby was presented with the 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee title for two of his images in the category of Advertising at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photo Show.

The live online ceremony webcast was attended by photography fans in 83 countries who logged on to see the climax of the industry's most important event for colour photography.

The awards international Jury included captains of the industry ranging from Hasted Hunt Kraeutler in New York, Brancolini Grimaldi, David & Goliath, Simon Studer Art Associates, Stills Gallery to Christie's in London who honoured Colour Masters with 272 coveted title awards and 1099 nominees in 18 categories.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 13,321 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Mark Westerby's Images entered in the Advertising category are exceptional, they represent contemporary colour photography at its finest, and we are pleased to present him with the title of Nominee."

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